Browsing History, Philosophy & Religious Studies Masters Theses by Issue Date
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Shattering the Color Barrier: Black Students, White Colleges, and the Story of Project E-Quality at Moorhead State College (1968-1974)
(North Dakota State University, 2005)During the late 1960s and early 1970s, many predominantly white colleges began admitting larger numbers of black students. According to a 1974-1975 University of Michigan study, these schools shared similar predisposing ... -
Beryl Levine: North Dakota's first female State Supreme Court justice
(North Dakota State University, 2009)The intent of this thesis is to explore the life and perspective of the North Dakota State Supreme Court's first female justice, Beryl J. Levine. The overarching question throughout this thesis is, whether or not, because ... -
A Survey of Certified Athletic Trainers: The Report of Skin Infections Incidence
(North Dakota State University, 2009)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the common types of skin infections occurring in United States athletes within the past year and the types of athletes that are most likely to contract them. Surveys were constructed ... -
Latin America Mission: An Exploration of Evangelical Growth in a Catholic Continent
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis strives to explore Evangelical Protestant growth in Latin America during the twentieth century through the example of Latin America Mission, a nondenominational, evangelical mission organization founded in ... -
The Lost Environmentalists: The Struggle Between Conservative Christianity and the Environment in the 1970s
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study examined the history of the relationship between conservative Christians and environmentalism during the 1970s. It illuminated how conservative Christians met environmental concerns in response to the Earth ... -
Lucas Alaman and the Historians
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This study considers the life, thought, and work of Lucas Alaman, Mexican statesman and historian of the early nineteenth century, as seen by historians from his time to the present with reference to his political ... -
Canadian Confederation andAusgleich: A Comparative Case Study in Imperial Devolution as Imperial Rule and the Effects on National Formation, 1867-1918
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Scholarly thinking on empires is changing. These scholars see empires as flexible states which are fully capable of meeting the challenges of modernity. This newer line of scholarship challenges the standard narrative ... -
But the Roots Remain: The Wisconsin Progressives in the Great Depression and Post-War Era
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This work is concerned with the development of the Progressives, a political faction of the Republican Party which was active in Wisconsin during the first half of the 20th century, throughout the Great Depression, and the ... -
The Effect of Title IX at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Title IX sought to end discrimination on the basis of gender in the realm of education and extra-curricular activities provided by academic institutions. This research examines the impact of Title IX at the University of ... -
Our Sister Republic: Creating Mexico in the Minds of the American Public and the Role of the Press
(North Dakota State University, 2012)During the Mexican War, Americans radically transformed their ideas about Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. The Mexican War offered itself up as the first of such interactions between the neighboring republics. The Mexican ... -
Drought, Depression, and Relief: The Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program in North Dakota during the Great Depression
(North Dakota State University, 2012)The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Agricultural Adjustment Wheat Reduction Program functioned in North Dakota from May of 1933 to January of 1936, why it ran so smoothly, and why it was such a success within ... -
Ukraine: A Nation Without Heroes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Ukraine's creation of national heroes reflects the challenges of nation-building after the fall of the Soviet Union. Since its independence in 1991, Ukraine has attempted to "rehabilitate" controversial political figures ... -
Petroleum Exploration History in North Dakota to 1951
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The delayed discovery of oil in North Dakota resulted from remoteness, environment, and economic disadvantage, three of the six themes of Elwyn B. Robinson. Initially, lacking outside capital, the local explorers turned ... -
The Influence of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Exploration and Settlement of the Red River Valley of the North
(North Dakota State University, 2014)As beaver became scarcer in the east, the quest for Castor Canadensis sent traders into the northern plains. Reluctant explorers, traders looked for easier access and cheaper means of transport. Initially content to wait ... -
Padre Agustín Vijil and William Walker: Nicaragua, Filibustering, and the National War
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The research involves an examination of the basis the National War in Nicaragua from 1854-1857. The purpose is to show how the social, cultural, and political antecedents led to the National War. This has been done by ... -
The Great Famine in Soviet Ukraine: Toward New Avenues of Inquiry into the Holodomor
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Famine spread across the Union of Social Soviet Republics in 1932 and 1933, a deadly though unanticipated consequence of Joseph Stalin's attempt in 1928 to build socialism in one country through massive industrialization ... -
American Thought, Culture, and Neo-Noir in the Era of Postmodernity
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The rise of postmodernism, following the fall of modernism after WWII, brought about new modes of thinking, understanding, and living in America. Postmodernity is often neglected or glanced over by historians. Those who ... -
Caretakers of the Community's Past Volunteers in North Dakota Museums
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The bulk of museum studies research focuses on professionalized museums. Little research has been conducted on the challenges of small museums. This study looks at volunteers in small North Dakota museums. Sparsely populated ... -
The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
(North Dakota State University, 2017)While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major ... -
Studies of the Venerable Bede, the Great Famine of 1315-1322, and Libraries in Prisoner of War Camps
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This paper includes three studies about the Venerable Bede, the Great Famine of 1315-1322, and libraries in prisoner of war camps. The study of the Venerable Bede focuses on his views on and understanding of time, especially ...